Psalm 87:6

Translations

Modern

The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah

Traditional

The Lord shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah.

Literal

YHWH will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born there.” Selah

Latin

Dominus narrabit in scripturis populorum et principum, horum qui fuerunt in ea.

Original

Hebrew

English

The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah

Notes

Psalms 87:5–6

Jerusalem becomes the international city where all God’s children are citizens.

Psalms 87:1–7

This psalm presents Jerusalem as the city of God, where people from all nations are counted as citizens.

Theme notes and profiles

Zion

Related verses

Isaiah 4:3
Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
Luke 10:20
Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Ezekiel 13:9
My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
Revelation 20:15
And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Philippians 4:3
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
Psalm 69:28
May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
Jeremiah 3:19
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
Psalm 22:30
Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
Revelation 13:8
And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
Galatians 4:26–31
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
Ezekiel 9:4
“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”

People

Selah: A musical or liturgical term of uncertain meaning

Glossary

Book of Life Korahite, Korathite Music Numbers, Book of Psalms, Book of Zion

Topics

Book of Life Church: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Regeneration: General Scriptures Concerning Righteous: Described

Psalm 87:6

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